Nikki could hardly believe what had happened. That pollen...it had left her irrational and out of control, and that young fairy guy had come along and given her a fruit that had made her...it had made her make love to him. No, that wasn't quite right; it hadn't made her lose her inhibitions so much as it had left her open to the wonderfulness of sex, and in that state she'd opened herself to him. The pollen had made her goofy, but when she'd shared the fruit, she had regained her senses but had realized what it meant to be a woman and what it meant for him to be a man. That was the worst part, that in the end it had been her decision, not something the fruit had made her do.
Well, maybe the worst part was that she couldn't quite bring herself to regret it. The old Nicholas, the human male trapped in a fairy-girl's body, was still in control, but she could still remember how wonderful it had felt and how happy she'd been. And then there was this other part of her that wondered with childlike innocence whether she could find another sugarblossom to burst. Nikki knew her way around the woods, and as Nicholas she'd seen the little bulbs before, but she'd never thought anything of them. Now she realized that they were only brown and brittle like that in the autumn; that must be the fairies' mating season, essentially...
But...if it were a seasonal thing for them, did that mean that they were fertile during that time of year, like animals? Even if it didn't, she could...she could be pregnant! The thought of actually having a child was even more mind-boggling for Nikki than the events of the previous night. Maybe she hadn't gotten pregnant, but she had to get back to human form before she got caught by another one of those flowers and did. Pulling on the leafy green dress that lay rumpled beside her, she flitted off in search of Laila and Mai, panicking.
Nikki found them busily searching the forest for another sugarblossom. Thankfully, none appeared to be in the vicinity. She begged them to tell her how to change back to human form, but it took several attempts to get them to pay attention. Finally, when she'd gotten them to listen and made it at least somewhat clear what she wanted, the other two fairies thought for a bit.
"I dunno," Mai said. "I can't understand why you'd want to be a human, but even if you did, I'm not sure there is a way to become one. Maybe you could ask the fairies in some other forest, but I don't know of anything like that."
"Well," Laila said, "I've heard stories about fairies who fell in love with human men, and became human to be with them. Maybe if you fell in love with a human you could become a human woman?"
Nikki didn't much like the sound of that, but it would probably be quicker than searcing out fairies who did know how to become human. On the other hand, was it even possible to fall in love on purpose? And, of course, there was the matter of her not wanting to become a human woman...it looked like this was going to be more complicated than she'd prefer.